July 31, 1921.] liivils of the Indian Empire. l03 



I020.* (769) Acanthis cannabina fringillirostris. The Eastern 



Linnet. 

 Linota fringillirostris Bp. cD Schleg. Monog. Lox., p. 45 (1850), 

 (Kashmir). 



Breeding Caucasus to N. Kashmir. 



I03I. (770) Acanthis flavirostris brevirostris. The Eastern 



Twite. 

 Linota brevirostris Moore, P.Z.S., 1855, p. 216 (Erzerum). 

 Breeding Turkestan to N. Tibet. Winter, Sind. 



1022. Acanthis flavirostris stoliczkas. Stoliczkas' Twite. 

 Acantlns flavirostris stoliczkaj Harterl, Vog. Pal. i., p). 77 



(1903), {Gilgit). 

 Breeding Kashmir. 



1023. Acanthis flavirostris rufostrigata. The Tibetan 



Twite. 

 Linota rufostrigata Walton, Bull. B.O.G. xv., p. 93 (1905), 

 (Gi/antse, Tibet). 



Breeding S. and E. Tibet. 



1024. (771) Metaponia pusillia. The Gold-fronted Finch. 



Passer pusillus Pall, Zoogr. Russ.-Asiat. ii., p. 28 (1811), 



{Caucasus). 



1025. (772) Hypacanthis spinoides. The Himalayan Green- 



Finch. 

 Carduelis spinoides Vigors, P.Z.S., 1831, p. 44 {Himalayas), 



{Simla). 



1 036. (773) Chrysomitris thibetana thibetana. The Sikkim 



Siskin. 

 C. thibetana Hume, Ibis, 1872, p. 107 {Sikkim). 

 Breeding Sikkim and Tibet. 



1027. Chrysomitris thibetana ambigua. The Yunnan 



Siskin. 

 Serinus ambiguus Oust., Bull. Mus. Paris, 1896, p. 186 

 ( Yunnan). 



Breeding Shan States, Kachin Hills to Yunnan. 



1028. (774) Fringilla montifringilla. The Bramhling. 



Linn, Syst. Nat., j). 179 (1758), {Sweden). 



1029. Fringilla coelebs coelebs. The Chaffinch. 

 F. coelebs Linn., Syst. Nat. p. 179 (1758), {Sweden). 



•030. t(775) Qymnoris xanthosterna xanthosterna. The 



Yellow-throated Sparrow. 

 Fringilla xanthosterna Bonap. Com.. Av. L, p. 512 (1850), 

 {Bengal). 



Lower Himalayas to Travancore. 



* The namQ Fringilla subulala of Gloger, 1833, antedates F. orientalis of Eversmann 

 ( 1841) 



t Fringilla fiavicollis of Franklin, P.Z.S., 1831, p. 120, is preoccupeid by Gmelin 

 Syst. Nat., p. 926, 1789. . i 1 J , 



